Tuesday, June 24, 2008

I Know You've Been Wondering about this for Years

The Associated Press: Scholars set date for Odysseus' bloody homecoming: "WASHINGTON (AP) — Using clues from star and sun positions mentioned by the ancient Greek poet Homer, scholars think they have determined the date when King Odysseus returned from the Trojan War and slaughtered a group of suitors who had been pressing his wife to marry one of them.

It was on April 16, 1178 B.C. that the great warrior struck with arrows, swords and spears, killing those who sought to replace him, a pair of researchers say in Monday's online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Science."

2 comments:

Fred Blosser said...

Actually, I'm a sucker for this Bronze Age Greece stuff, thanks to the towering historical novels of Mary Renault, Robert Graves, Henry Treece, and George Shipway.

Cap'n Bob said...

Drat, I had it on the 15th.